Finally, someone punched back. Finally. After the conga line of corpses the UConn women see nightly, the Huskies encountered Dayton, a team Geno Auriemma would call "one of the best teams we've played in the last five years."

The UConn women, often precise, were magnificent Saturday in the Sweet 16, turning Texas into a flaming portrait of burnt orange. Their reward was a 105-54 victory and a date in their 10th straight Elite Eight Monday night against No. 7 seed Dayton...

The UConn women, often precise, were magnificent Saturday in the Sweet 16, turning Texas into a flaming portrait of burnt orange. The top-seeded Huskies shot 56 percent as two of their best scored career-highs in the tournament. Their reward was a...